Improved shoe-pegging- machine



ALPHEUS C. GALLAHUE, OF RIVERDALE, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 92,037, dated .Time 29, 1869.

IMPROVE!) SHOE-PEGG-ING- MACHINE.

' The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHEUs C. GALLAHUE, of Riverdale, in the county of Westchester, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Begging-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invent-ion, I will proceed to describe it.

My invention relates to machines for peggiog boots and shoes; and

The invention consists in a novel manner of constructing the jack, or part that supports and guide the boot or shoe while being pegged.

Figure l is a side elevation, and

Figure 2 is a front-end view-of the improved device.

In constructing my improved apparatus, I provide the frame or part A with a support, P, at the front, for the toe/of the last to rest upon, and a lever, b, pivotled to its rear portion, for supporting the heel as usua lhis frame A is pivoted, at or near its centre, upon a block or standard, B, which latter has lugs on one side, to form bearings for a pinion, I, which engages with a segmental rack, E, which forms a part of, or is connected to the frame A, as represented in fig. 1, this rack E being arranged to form the arc of a circle, of which the pivot a is the center, so that by turning the pinion l, the rack will he made to travel back and forth, and thereby tip the frame A, and with it, the last L, elevating the toe and depressing the heel, or vice tersa, according as the pinion is turned in one or the other direction.

In order to operate the pinion I conveniently, and also lock the parts in position when required, I secure to the shaft of pinion I, on one side, a hand-wheel, G, by which it can be turned or held as desired.

To thishand-wheel G, I attach a spring, h, which has a pin, a, projecting from its inner face, and fitting into a hole nrade through thehand-wheel G, where ii comes in contact vwith the end of a sliding look-bolt, 0, which extends through lugs on the standard B, and has its opposite end bearing against a spring, l, secured to the inner face of a corresponding wheel, H, securedv to the opposite end of the shaft of pinion 1, as represented in iig. 2.

This sliding bolt o has one end resting in a notch ou the inner face of wheel G, and thus locks it, with the pinion I, and consequently the rack E and the jack or frame A, securely in position.

When it is desired to move the parts, it isonly necessary to push on thev spring h, when the pin a shoves the lock-bolt o back out of the recess or notch in the wheel G, thus unlocking or releasing the parts.

It is customary, in constructing this class of devices, to swivel the block B on a standard that extends directly down to the vhed or support below, whatever that may be; but in my improved device, I swivel the block B upon a standard, C, and then pivot this standard G to the side of another and rigid standard, D, which latter answersto the ordinary standard.

On the lower end of this extra standard C, I form a laterally-projecting bar, m, having a slot in it, as represented in iig. 2.

Through this slot- I pass a bolt, p, which is screwed into the standard D, thus guiding and limiting they lateral movement of the stand C, and the parts which it supports. t

To the standard C, I attach a spring, lr, at its lower end, and extend it across below, and parallel with the slotted arm on, this spring r having a notched piece secured to it or formed on it, as shown; and in the standard D, I locate a pin, t, upon which the notches engage, and thus lock the standard O in place.

By raising the notched piece, the standard O is released, and can be swung to one, side as far as may be desired, and then secured there by simply letting the notched piece down on the pin t, the latter resting in one of the notches, as represented.

By thismethod I am enabled to'construct a jack for peggiug-machines, that can be adjusted in every desirable manner, and with expedition and ease.

By means of the rack and pinion it can be tipped, so as to raise or lower either the heel or toe at will, to any desired extent. It can be turned entirely around on the swivel in block B, and cangbe adjustedv laterally by means of the pivoted h'ar or standard C and the spring-catch lr.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, is-

1. The frame A, pivoted centrally, and provided with curved rack E, in combination with pinion I, all constructed and arranged to operate as herein described.

2. The. combination of the wheel G,provided with the spring h, and pin a with sliding bolt o, wheel H, and spring l, all arranged to operate as herein set forth.

3. In combination with the pivoted standard C, the slotted arm m and spring-catch fr, arranged to operate in connection with the pin t, substantially as herein set forth.

' ALPHEUS O. GALLAHUE.

Witnesses:

W. C. DODGE, J. MCKENNEY. 

